[patch] Add --compress-debug-sections option to gas
Cary Coutant
ccoutant@google.com
Fri Aug 6 17:28:00 GMT 2010
> Good, although the documentation still does not mention that
> --compress-debug-sections may not be supported. How about:
>
> @item --compress-debug-sections
> Compress DWARF debug sections using zlib. The debug sections are renamed
> to begin with @samp{.zdebug}, and the resulting object file may not be
> compatible with older linkers and object file utilities. This option is
> only supported if the host machine has the zlib compression library.
Sorry, I forgot to incorporate that change into my patch. Is this
patch OK to apply with your suggested change?
-cary
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